The US Air Force has begun ground testing for the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program, marking a major milestone in its effort to integrate autonomous systems into the future force. The CCA is an autonomous aircraft with fighter-like performance that…
In the same week that the US Air Force selected Boeing’s F-47 is its 6th generation Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) crewed fighter, California-based Anduril Industries is showing a model of its 6thgeneration YFQ-44 Fury autonomous Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA)…
With the FY2024 budget now approved, the US Department of the Air Force has selected Anduril and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) for detailed design, manufacture and testing of production representative test articles under the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA)…
Multiple media outlets have reported that General Atomics has revealed the existence of a new experimental uncrewed jet the company is developing for the US Air Force (USAF). London-based Flight Global states the company revealed the new type, which it…
San Diego-based General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and the US Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) have demonstrated key elements of AFSOC’s Adaptive Airborne Enterprise (A2E) concept. The first demonstration, in December 2023, featured the simultaneous control of three…
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has successfully demonstrated an inflight release of its Advanced Air-Launched Effects (A2LE) platform, releasing an A2LE from the internal weapons bay of a GA-ASI MQ-20 Avenger® Uncrewed Air Vehicle (UAV). GA-ASI’s design and engineering…
San Diego-based General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is poised to begin the flight-testing phase on the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) LongShot program. The LongShot program, begun in 2020, is DARPA’s concept for disruptive air combat operations through…
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and Leidos have agreed to continue the successful business relationship established originally in 2006 between GA-ASI and Cobham Australia. With Leidos’ acquisition of the Cobham Special Mission business in October 2022, Leidos has now…